While we’re presently one of the “it” professions, there’s still nothing easy about being a recruiter – or sourcer, talent advisor or all other variants of our job title.
There’s no formal education. There’s barely any training. Yes, there are several fantastic user-driven communities and a soupçon of “professional certifications,” but there is also an inordinate number of misconceptions surrounding what it takes to be strategically and tactically successful. In a profession that combines sales, marketing, a little bit of human resources and far too much “subjective vibe,” this has always baffled me. As an engineer who crossed over to our dark side decades ago, the “architectural elements,” the rules that link together these elements and the processes that drive innovation have always baffled my engineering mind.
